The centerpiece of Governor John Bel Edwards plan to overhaul Louisiana’s tax structure did not receive a warm reception from Republicans in the House Ways and Means committee. Franklin Representative Sam Jones says the Commercial Activity Tax would raise over 400-million dollars in taxes on businesses, but the governor’s plan calls for a reduction in individual income taxes…
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The governor is proposing this Commercial Activity Tax on businesses as a way to generate revenue to make up for the one-point-three billion dollars in temporary sales taxes that expire next year. But Baton Rouge Representative Barry Ivey fears this tax on business sales will hurt economic development efforts….
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Discussion on this bill could continue into tomorrow.

In the middle of the night, city contractors took down one of the four confederate monuments in New Orleans that has been targeted for removal…
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Iberia Parish deputies are looking for clues into the murder of an 80-year-old woman, who was shot multiple times Saturday morning when bullets went through her front door. Major Wendell Raborn…
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The victim has been identified as Bertha Hill.